The Rick Howe Show – 12 PM

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Posted Feb 17, 2015 08:38:15 AM.

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Tuesday February 17, 2015

We talk politics with NDP MP Sackville—Eastern Shore Peter Stoffer. Sports historian Jim Prime gets us ready for baseball spring training. We discuss school spending with education consultant Paul Bennett. We go to the movies with Chronicle Herald arts reporter Stephen Cooke.

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